Stinsford is a Town in the county of Dorset.

Retail in Stinsford

There are great places to visit near Stinsford including some great towns, waterfalls, villages, historic buildings, historic monuments, ancient sites, hills, castles, ruins and airports.

There are a number of towns near Stinsford including Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, Wareham, and Blandford Forum.

There are a number of waterfalls near to Stinsford including Jericho Weir.

Stinsford's best nearby villages can be found at Uplyme, Bincombe, Symondsbury, and Abbotsbury.

The area around Stinsford's best historic buildings can be found at The Cobb.

The area close to Stinsford boasts some of the best historic monuments including King's Statue (King George III Statue).

The area around Stinsford boasts some of the best ancient sites including Eggardon Hill, Hambledon Hill, Badbury Rings, Kingston Russell Stone Circle, The Nine Stones, and Maiden Castle.

Don't miss Eggardon Hill's hills if visiting the area around Stinsford.

The area around Stinsford's best castles can be found at Corfe Castle.

Ruins to visit near Stinsford include Corfe Castle.

Airports to visit near Stinsford include Bournemouth Airport.

Stinsford History

There are some historic monuments around Stinsford:

• Round barrow S of Manor Farm
• Three round barrows on Puddletown Down
• Two bowl barrows 560m south east of Hill Barn
• Bowl barrow 450m north west of Duck Dairy House
• Poundbury Camp, associated monuments and section of Roman aqueduct.
• Barrow S of Tinker's Barrow Plantation
• Two barrows W of Little Piddle Down
• Colliton Park Roman house
• Icehouse at Ringstead, 660m south west of Pit House
• Settlement on Dickley Hill
• Six round barrows on Bincombe Down
• Multi-period landscape including an Iron Age or Romano British settlement, part of an associated field system, six bowl barrows and an enclosure 600m south east of Langford Farm
• Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill 500m north of Whitcombe Farm
• Round barrow SW of Wolfeton Clump
• Discontinuous surviving sections of Roman aqueduct
• George III, chalk-cut hill side figure
• Bowl barrow 615m north east of Hardy's Birthplace
• Friar Waddon Hill round barrows
• Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) N of Ridge Hill
• Bowl barrow on Pond Eweleaze 500m north east of Dole's Ash Farm
• Round barrow NE of Friar Waddon
• Four bowl barrows at the eastern end of Waterston Ridge, 490m south west and 500m south east of Ridge Farm
• Four bowl barows 710m north, 750m north west and 950m north west of Clyffe House
• Romano-Celtic temple and associated remains at Jordan Hill
• Medieval settlement at West Ringstead
• Round barrow SW of Ashton Cottages
• Tithe barn (uninhabited portion) at Barton Farm
• Bell barrow 70m west of Fidler's Green
• Hill figure called The Giant
• Settlement and field system on Black Hill
• Bowl barrow on Wancombe Hill 380m south west of southern corner of Sherriffs Wood
• Bowl barrow 600m south of Whitcombe Farm
• Earthworks on Giant Hill
• Herringston round barrows
• Cross in St Mary's churchyard
• Bowl barrow on Little Puddle Hill, 920m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
• Bingham's Melcombe deserted village
• Two round barrows in Doles Hill Plantation
• Settlement remains N of Maiden Castle
• Dorchester Roman walls
• Kerbed cairn 590m south east of Poxwell Manor
• Group of barrows S of Goldsmith's Plantation
• Two barrows 600yds (550m) N of Halls Farm
• Barrow 500yds (450m) E of village
• Two round barrows on Ridgeway
• Two bowl barrows on Lord's Down 580m south east of Crawthorne Farm
• Three bowl barrows at the western end of Waterston Ridge, 360m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
• Round barrow SW of Bourne Farm
• Round barrow N of Ashton Cottages
• Bowl barrow1050m WNW of Manor Farm
• Bowl barrow on Puddletown Heath, 400m north east of Duck Dairy House
• Six round barrows W of Came Down
• Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 600m west of Stafford Farm
• Group of barrows on the golf course, Came Down
• Earthwork in Bowley's Plantation
• Round barrow on Hog Leaze
• Two round barrows at Down Wood
• Two square enclosures in Tenant's Bottom
• Round barrow on Ridgeway Hill
• Bowl barrow on Wood Hill 310m north east of Cowden
• Mayne stone circle (at Little Mayne Farm)
• Four bowl barrows on Hog Hill, west and north west of Maiden Castle
• Churchyard cross
• Six barrows on Ridgeway Hill
• Settlement on Smacam Down
• Long barrow and four bowl barrows 500m north west of Whitfield Farm
• Bowl barrow 500m north east of Clandon Farm
• Bowl barrow on Puddletown Heath, 800m south west of Coombe Barn
• Group of round barrows on North Bincombe Hill, S of Came Wood
• Lyscombe Farm chapel
• Cerne Park boundary bank
• Medieval settlement of Winterborne Farringdon and associated remains
• Henge, Romano-British amphitheatre and Civil War fieldworks known collectively as Maumbury Rings
• Bowl barrow 400m south east of Melcombe Newton House
• Roman road in Kingston Park
• Long barrow immediately north west of Maiden Castle
• Group of round barrows NE of Hog Leaze
• Round barrows on Four Barrow Hill
• Bowl barrow on Green Hill 400m north of Pound Farm
• Maiden Castle
• Group of barrows on West Hill
• Ancient settlement SW of Incombe Wood
• Barrows in Came Wood
• Medieval settlement 850m north of St Mary's Church
• Three barrows S of Poxwell Big Wood
• Two bowl barrows 320m south west of Laycock Dairy Farm
• Enclosure near 'the Sole Plantation'
• Barrow on Galton Heath
• Humpty Dumpty Field, Radipole
• Bowl barrow 200m south east of Hill Barn: one of a group of three barrows
• Linear earthworks around Lyscombe Bottom
• Medieval settlement of Little Piddle
• Round barrow cemetery immediately south east of Maiden Castle
• Barrow S of Wolfeton Clump
• Sandy Barrow
• Bowl barrow 75m south east of Laycock Dairy Farm
• Court Close settlement remains
• Medieval standing cross 6m north east of St Martin's Church
• Four barrows on Moigns Down
• Group of four round barrows in Cripton Wood
• Two bowl barrows on Conygar Hill
• Round barrow N of Boswell's Plantation
• Medieval settlement at Holworth
• Medieval settlement remains at Whitcombe
• Round barrow N of Ridgeway
• Two round barrows N of Bincombe Barn
• Long barrow 400yds (360m) NW of Hill Barn
• Lord's Barrow: a bowl barrow 500m north of Northground Dairy
• Round barrow NW of Jackman's Cross
• Round barrow on Black Hill
• The Rainbarrows, a group of three bowl barrows on Duddle Heath
• Round barrow N of Forston Barn
• Round barrow in Grimstone Clumps
• Bowl barrow on Plush Hill 740m ESE of Lower Farm, Plush
• Medieval settlement immediately west of Waterston House
• Round barrow E of Bayard's Barn
• Culliford Tree long barrow and group of round barrows
• Round barrows on Ridgeway
• Group of barrows E of Northdown Barn
• Group of round barrows on Bincombe Hill
• Seven round barrows NW of Lyscombe Bottom
• Long barrow, three bell barrows, fancy barrow and a linear earthwork 800m north of Maiden Castle
• Disc barrow 715m west of Bayard Farm
• Barrow S of Three-Cornered Plantation
• Barrow 200yds (180m) N of the White Horse
• Two bowl barrows 720m south east of Friar Waddon House
• Barrow on College Down
• Group of round barrows W of Ridgeway Hill
• Bowl barrow on East Hill 510m north east of All Saints Church
• Preston Roman villa
• Two bowl barrows 200m south east of Hill Barn: two of a group of three barrows
• Bell barrow in Highfield Plantation and two bowl barrows immediately north west of Forty Acre Plantation
• Oval barrow and three bowl barrows 250m and 330m south of Whitcombe Barn
• Huck Barrow in Knighton Heath Wood
• Four bowl barrows immediately north west of Maiden Castle
• Round barrow on Dickley Hill
• Round barrow W of Druce Higher Barn
• Earthwork and ancient fields SE of Lyscombe Bottom
• Two round barrows N of Came Farm
• Two round barrows on Ridgeway
• Two bowl barrows immediately south of Bayard Dairy
• Two round barrows S of Ashton Farm
• Part of Roman, Saxon, and medieval town in grounds of Wollaston House
• Two bowl barrows on Green Hill 450m north of Pound Farm
• Cross-ridge dyke on Windsbatch
• Barrow E of Red Barn
• Round barrow 250yds (230m) W of Fryer Mayne manor house
• Group of round barrows near Eweleaze Barn
• Cerne Abbey, site of, including gatehouse, guesthouse and wine house (barn)
• Outer defences of Roman town, W of St Genevieve's Convent
• Ancient settlement E of Lyscombe Bottom
• Bowl barrow 360m south west of Clandon Farm
• Fishpond at West Ringstead, 590m south of Pit House
• Group of three round barrows NE of Jackman's Cross
• Three bowl barrows on Puddletown Heath, 550m south west of Beacon Corner
• Three barrows N of Penn Hill
• Multi-period archaeological landscape centred on and including a slight univallate hillfort called Chalbury, two bowl barrows, part of a Bronze Age urnfield and a series of medieval strip fields
• Three barrows S of Hart Hill Plantation
• Three bowl barrows 530m and 350m north east of Whitcombe Barn
• Round barrow on Cheselbourne West Down
• Two round barrows SW of Well House Cottage
• Bowl barrow on Plush Hill 600m ESE of Lower Farm, Plush
• Round barrow E of Forston Farm
• The Clandon Barrow, 450m west of Clandon Farm
• Group of round barrows on and to E of Great Hill
• Group of barrows in Seven Barrow Plantation
• Medieval settlement of North Louvard
• Barrow S of Common Plantation
• Henge Enclosure, Conquer Barrow and Barrow Cemetery
• Upton Fort, a coastal artillery battery and two searchlight emplacements
• Sandy Barrow W of East Farm Dairy
• Round barrow NE of Hog Hill Barn
• Roman road over Thorncombe Wood and Black Heath
• Deserted village of Bardolfeston
• Bowl barrow 380m west of Whitfield Farm
• Group of round barrows on Ridgeway
• Bowl barrow on Burleston Down 840m south east of Crawthorne Farm
• Tudor and 17th century farmstead and Romano-British settlement
• Round barrow N of Heave Coppice
• Round barrow on Stratton Down
• Two barrows on Little Puddle Hill